Other Writing
Adult Fiction
Teas (Heat), published by Clàr/Ùr-sgeul, 2010. Adult novel set in Inverness in the 1980s.
Short story ‘An Claigeann aig Damien Hirst’ (Damien Hirst’s Skull) in an anthology of the same name, Clàr/Ùr-Sgeul 2009. Twenty-one stories by different authors. Seven of the stories have been translated into German under the title Der Schädel von Damien Hirst.
Ri Aghaidh na Creig (On the Rock Face), short story in the anthology Cha Sgeul Rùin E (Not a Secret), Acair, 1995
ISBN 0 86152 1854
On-Line
See collaboration with Alec Finlay and Ken Cockburn at www.the-road-north.blogspot.com/2010_10_01_archive.html
Children’s and Teenage Gaelic novels and stories
Clann a’ Phroifeasair, 55 pp, Gairm, Glasgow, 1988
ISBN 901771 94 5
Illustrated by Nick Hesketh
Follows the adventures of Eachainn and Anna on the island of Oransaigh, when their father, a professor of physics, makes special planes for them. For age 8 +
Also in Irish Gaelic, Clò Iar-Chonachta, 1992
Talfasg, Gairm, 1990
ISBN 1 871901 01 4
A sequel to Clann a’ Phroifeasair. A sci-fi tale, Eachainn and Anna are teenagers and they inadvertently enter their father’s time machine.
Also in Irish Gaelic, Coiscéim, 1992
Mèirlich nam Bradan, 65 pp, Acair, Stornoway, 1991
ISBN 0 86152814 X
Illus by Aonghas MacDhòmhnaill
In pursuit of the salmon thieves. An adventure story for age 8 +
À Ulbha gu Geelong, 66 pp, Acair
ISBN 1992, 0 86152 935 9
Illus by Seonag Chaimbeul
Ulva is a little island off the west coast of the Isle of Mull. This story follows the adventures of a family caught up in the clearances of the mid 19th century and how they ended up in Australia.
Iain agus na Drogaichean, 58 pp, Acair, 1993, teenage
ISBN 0 86152 912 X
At school in Portree, Iain and his friends become involved in pursuing drug smugglers.
Murt ann an Diùrainis, 63 pp, Acair, 1993, teenage
ISBN 0 86152 937 5
Dòmhnall Iain and Ailig plan a night in watching a film with Raonaid and Seonag. There is a knock at the door and they are met by a badly wounded Chinese person. From then on they are caught up in the bloody aftermath of the student protests in Tiananmen Square...
Caisteal nan Sgràgan, Stòrlann/Acair, 2002. For age 8 +
ISBN 0 86152 742 9
A Halloween horror/adventure story. Worksheets for this book are available at www.ltscotland.org.uk/gaidhlig
EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL
Gràmar na Gàidhlig, practice workbook, 288 pp, Stòrlann, Lewis, 2005
ISBN 1-904730-26-4
A workbook for advanced Gaelic learners to go with Gràmar na Gàidhlig by Michel Byrne.
Written for 5th and 6th year secondary classes.
ISBN 0 86152 753 4
Contains reading passages with a follow through story-line to illustrate points of grammar, in addition to extensive exercises, and answers.
Beatha le Buaidh worksheets for Gaelic Medium and Learners’ high-school classes to go with the Stòrlann booklets of the same name. The booklets, by Ailig O’ Henley, tell the main events in the lives of well-known contemporary figures, among them Nelson Mandela, Kelly Holmes and Madonna. Available on-line at www.ltscotland.org.uk/gaidhlig
Gaelic Essays and Articles
Feartan ann am Bàrdachd Shomhairle MhicGill-Eain (Strengths in Sorley MacLean’s Poetry). This essay on the poetry of Sorley MacLean can be accessed on-line by putting the title in Google.
A’ bruidhinn mu dheidhinn Bàrdachd (Discussing Poetry) with particular reference to Coin is Madaidhean-allaidh (Dogs and Wolves) by Sorley MacLean, in Gairm, issue 125, pp58-60.
Creideamh, Saidheans agus ‘Loidhne an t-Saoghail’ (Belief, Science and ‘the World Line’), looking at the interaction of faith and science. In Gairm, Part 1 in issue 193, p 35 and Part 2 in issue 194, p 141.
Iosa Crìosda, Dàn Dhè (Jesus Christ, God’s poem), Gairm 190, p 168. Looks at Jesus’ use of figurative language and how His own life was, through action, a reified poem.
Leasachadh agus Cànan, (Development and Language), Gairm 141, p 24.